Barbara Cartland is a famous love

Barbara Cartland is a famous love-story writer. According to the Guinness Book of Records she (be) is the best-selling author in the world.

Barbara Cartland (be born) was born at the beginning of the century. She (write)______ her first book when she (be) ______ twenty-one and it sold out as soon as it (reach) ____ the shops.

Since then she (write) ______ over 450 books, and all of them (be) _____about love.

This is what Barbara says about herself: ‘I (be) ______ very organized. I (have)_____5 secretaries. I (lie) ______ on my sofa, (shut) _____ my eyes and just (tell) ____ the story. I (make) ____ very few corrections, actually. I only (cut) _____ the paragraphs if they (be) ____ too long. When I (want) ____ a plot, I (say) _____ a prayer.’

At the moment Barbara Cartland (hold) _____ the world record for the amount of books she (sell)_______.

CONVERSATION

Ann: Do you like travelling?

Bill: Yes, I (like) _____ travelling very much. It (be) ___ my hobby. I always (take)____ mu camera with me and (take) pictures of everything that (interest) ______ me: the ruins of ancient buildings, the sights of cities, views of ______ mountains, lakes, valleys, waterfalls and even animals and birds.

Ann: what countries (visit, you) ______?

Bill: Well , I (be) ________ to Italy, Greece, Russia and India. Some day I (go) _____to the United States. My cousin (live) ______there. She (invite) ______ me several times already. When I (have) enough money, I (go) ____ to the States.

Ann: I ( be, never) ______ to any of these countries. When (be, you) ____ in Russia?

Bill: Two years ago.

Ann: Did you go there alone?

Bill: No, I (go) _____ there with my father. We (visit) _____ Moscow and St Petersburg, the most beautiful cities of Russia.

Ann: I (want, always) _____to travel to other countries, but I (have, not) ____the opportunity. I (go) ____ to Germany in my childhood, but I (be, not) ____ anywhere since then.